Comments on: What Does it Mean to be an “Authority”? http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/ Your Professional Development Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: IT Careers http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 IT Careers Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:48:42 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/#comment-5080 i associate expertise with innovation. as in, how much of this person's expertise is a combination of knowledge and a unique contribution to the field? also, how reliable of a source are they? (i.e. credibility) i associate authority with the ability to coerce someone into action based on their expertise. i associate expertise with innovation. as in, how much of this person’s expertise is a combination of knowledge and a unique contribution to the field? also, how reliable of a source are they? (i.e. credibility)

i associate authority with the ability to coerce someone into action based on their expertise.

]]> By: Human Resource http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-5063 Human Resource Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:13:08 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/#comment-5063 Faking it will only last a certain amount of time. Sooner or later, someone will find out the truth and your credibility will be shot. Working hard and always being one step ahead than your competition is the only way to become a true authority. Faking it will only last a certain amount of time. Sooner or later, someone will find out the truth and your credibility will be shot. Working hard and always being one step ahead than your competition is the only way to become a true authority.

]]> By: ScottUA http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 ScottUA Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:32:07 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-authority/#comment-5020 I heard somewhere that if you keep on telling people that you're an authority eventually people will start to believe it. I guess if you're not an authority, you fake it till you make it. I heard somewhere that if you keep on telling people that you’re an authority eventually people will start to believe it. I guess if you’re not an authority, you fake it till you make it.

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